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Best way to Soft Mod an original XBox?https://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?176380-Best-way-to-Soft-Mod-an-original-XBox&goto=newpost
Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:37:08 GMTSo, I now own my first XBox, original. I'd like to mod it. I've seen some pages talk about modding with a USB adapter (which I bought) and Splinter Cell. However, I have yet to find a USB drive that the XBox will accept, even one that was on a list of drives that worked.

Have any of you modded an XBox? What method have you used?
]]>Modern Gamingmkenyon2https://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?176380-Best-way-to-Soft-Mod-an-original-XBoxhttps://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?176374-The-Unfair-Competition-Prevention-Act-Bans-Save-Editing-Programs-and-Editing-Your-Own-Save-Data-or-Anyone-Else-s&goto=newpost
Sat, 02 Feb 2019 08:12:43 GMTSometimes, I really hate what Nintendo, etc. get passed in Japan. First it was the banning of renting video games in the 1980's ("It'll destroy the market!" they cried.) and now it is the outlawing of the following:

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Distributing tools and programs for altering save data

Offering services that modify save data on the customer's behalf

Selling serial numbers or product keys that are unauthorized by the maker of the software in online auctions

The last one about product keys I can understand, but banishing those other two is a very bad thing! If nothing else, imagine the legal precedent that this law sets. Corporations could basically argue that any program / app that they don't like which could be used to edit their proprietary file / data formats is now illegal! Actually this might also apply to common and open formats too...

The retribution for such now-illegal activities ranges from civil claims for damages to criminal fines of up to $45,000 USD equivalent, up to five years in prison, or both.

Thus products like the Pro Action Replay, Cyber Save Editor, etc. have been discontinued and outlawed there starting this year.

Source:https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...legal-in-japan
]]>Modern GamingNz17https://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?176374-The-Unfair-Competition-Prevention-Act-Bans-Save-Editing-Programs-and-Editing-Your-Own-Save-Data-or-Anyone-Else-sNintendo Switch Prohttps://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?176373-Nintendo-Switch-Pro&goto=newpost
Sat, 02 Feb 2019 07:55:13 GMTA Nintendo Switch Pro has been reported to be in development by the Wall Street Journal for 2019. It is expected to result in a dual marketplace of...A Nintendo Switch Pro has been reported to be in development by the Wall Street Journal for 2019. It is expected to result in a dual marketplace of either regular Switch and Switch Pro or a Switch Lite and Switch Pro being sold in retail stores. The non-Pro would be the "budget" variant.

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TOKYO—Nintendo Co. plans to release a new version of its Switch videogame console next year to maintain the sales momentum of the device, according to suppliers and others with direct knowledge of the plan.

Sales of the Switch, introduced in March 2017, are still solid but are no longer delivering the favorable surprises that marked the machine’s first year on the market. Nintendo shares, which rose sharply last year, have trailed the broader stock market this year (2018).

So is this a good thing, a bad thing, or just the usual Nintendo thing? Personally, I'd be in favor for a price drop for the regular Switch or a sub-$300 Switch Lite!

Sources:http://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...sions_for_2019https://www.wsj.com/articles/nintend...ear-1538629322
]]>Modern GamingNz17https://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?176373-Nintendo-Switch-ProThe Nintendo Switch Has Too Many Portshttps://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?176365-The-Nintendo-Switch-Has-Too-Many-Ports&goto=newpost
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:36:03 GMTSo I posted this on a Facebook group:
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I am part of an exclusive group that gets discounted Nintendo Switch games. However you can...So I posted this on a Facebook group:

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I am part of an exclusive group that gets discounted Nintendo Switch games. However you can join for free! All you need to do is to make sure that when you buy your Switch games that you mention the discount code, "Wii U." This applies for the following games marked with the Switch icon and is good for a 33% discount or more in some cases! (Note: Games require a Wii U or 3DS to work.)

Switch is 2Port4You! ￼:-P (This post was only meant in good fun. I hope you enjoyed it!)

But sadly, people can't take a joke, even if it is based on the truth. (Or perhaps I should write, "Especially if it is based on the truth.")

I got only one comment, and it was a damned animated GIF. I hate those goddamned things being used as replies! "I can't be bothered to use words or I don't know how to use them. Have some animated thing instead! Let someone else speak for me." Not only that, but these damned things are labeled as "GIF's" when they aren't even GIF's on these social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter - they are MP4's! (I've got animated GIF's and other images disabled on this forum, so even if you post them, I won't see them.)

So what did the GIF say with its images and words?

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Hook + fish. This is bait.

No, it wasn't. It was meant exactly as the words in it say: to be in good fun. That's it, just a reflection of real life with some humor. But no, he couldn't believe someone was being benign and honest, and he couldn't enjoy a little laugh for what it is, instead warning people against my non-existent malicious intent. Thanks for ruining my day, guy.

How many games on the Switch are just ports from another platform? A ton. And a lot of those are by Nintendo itself! As a matter of fact, at least 25 major games are on both Wii U and Switch. And that's not counting the little games and the indie games!

Furthermore, how many games which are identical or nearly identical can be obtained on the Wii U or 3DS for far less than on the Switch? We're talking $60 (Switch, new condition) versus $20 - $40 (3DS and Wii U, new or used condition). You literally can save a lot of money buying for 3DS and/or Wii U instead of Switch. And the savings are even greater when buying the PC version of a game, especially during one of the big holiday sales.

Be a "retro" gamer! Save big bucks! Use that money to buy more games or other nice things!

But how dare I utter such words? Truly they are an affront against the new master! The master is the newness, therefore it is good and only good. Away with you and your old platforms! Speak not against our master with your heresy!